Recent Obituaries
Al Gardner
Jan 14, 2017
Al Gardner, age 81, of Moran, Kansas passed away Saturday, January 14, 2017 at his home. Albertus Wilson Gardner was born June 24, 1935 at Bucyrus, Missouri, the son of Alfred and Gladys (McCord) Gardner. He was raised on a farm near Houston, Missouri where he attended area schools until the 10th grade. Al was an Air Force veteran, serving...
Leland J. Kueser
Jan 13, 2017
Leland J. Kueser, age 75, of Richmond, Kansas, passed away on Friday, January 13, 2017, at the Anderson County Hospital in Garnett, Kansas. Leland was born on September 2, 1941, in Garnett, Kansas. He was the second of five children born to James and Celestine (Gretencord) Kueser. Leland grew up near Richmond and was a lifelong resident. He graduated from...
Evelina L. Burch
Jan 11, 2017
Evelina Lenora Burch, age 96, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, January 11, 2017, at Allen County Regional Hospital, Iola, Kansas. She was born on August 14, 1920, in Burlington, Kansas, the daughter of Fon Walls and Bessie (Hill) Walls. Evelina moved to Iola at the age of one, and attended Iola schools. After living in Wichita for 9...
Earlene L. Kincheloe
Jan 11, 2017
Earlene Kincheloe, 89 of Iola passed away peacefully on Wednesday, January 11, 2017 at Windsor Place in Iola. Earlene was born to Earl and Esther Lombard on June 30, 1927 in Dewey, Oklahoma. She graduated from Garnett High School in 1946. After spending most of her life in various locations in Anderson and Allen counties she moved to Iola in...
Robert L. Smith
Jan 10, 2017
Robert L. Smith, Sr., age 84, of Piqua, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, January 10, 2017 at the Allen County Regional Hospital. Robert was the first of three children born to Leo and Tillie (Hasstedt) Smith. He was born on April 14, 1932 near Neosho Falls, Kansas. He grew up on a farm west of Piqua, Kansas and he was...
Dortha Agnes Castleberry
Jan 9, 2017
Dortha Agnes Castleberry, age 88, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, January 9, 2017, at Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. She was born on April 28, 1928, Qulin, Missouri, the daughter of George Homer Hargiss and Lillie Pearl (Chandler) Hargiss. She grew up in the Poplar Bluff area, attending school at Qulin. Dortha married Harlan Hickman and they...
Aaron Lee Geisler
Jan 9, 2017
Aaron L. Geisler, 37, of rural Iola passed away at his home Monday, January 9 2017. Aaron was born May 18, 1979 to Herbert and Cynthia (Cheever) Geisler. He grew up near Iola and graduated from Iola High School in 2000. He enjoyed good food, listening to rock and roll and classic country music, and taking long walks. Survivors include...
Virgil Lewis Rossman
Jan 8, 2017
Virgil Lewis Rossman, age 84, of Richmond, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, January 8, 2017, at his home, on his 84th birthday. He was born on January 8, 1933, at Scipio, Kansas. Virgil was the third of nine children born to John and Agnes (Wolken) Rossman. Virgil was united in marriage to Patricia "Pat" Duke on December 5, 1955, at...
Dorothy Mae Dix
Jan 6, 2017
Dorothy Mae Dix, age 92, of LaHarpe, Kansas passed away Friday, January 6, 2017 at the Ransom Memorial Hospital, Ottawa, Kansas. Dorothy married Milo Wayne Dix in 1940. She has been a member of the V.F.W. Auxiliary in LaHarpe since 1964. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Wayne on April 18, 1960; and her two sons,...
Edna Marie Elmenhorst
Jan 6, 2017
Edna Marie Elmenhorst, 83, of Moran, Kansas passed away Friday, January 6, 2017 at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola. Edna was born September 14, 1933 at Okarche, Oklahoma to John Alphonse and Teresa Coletta (Smith) Wittrock. She grew up in Okarche and graduated from Holy Trinity High School. After graduation, she moved to New York City and worked as...
Dennis Hastert
Jan 6, 2017
Dennis Hastert, age 81, of Greeley, Kansas passed away Friday, January 6, 2017 at the Residential Living Center, Garnett, Kansas. Dennis was born April 17, 1935 at Garnett. Dennis was the third of five children born to Tony and Mary (Katzer) Hastert. He attended school at Beeler School before attending Welda Grade School and later graduating from Garnett High School...
LaVerne Riley
Jan 5, 2017
LaVerne Riley, age 77, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, January 5, 2017 at the Allen County Regional Hospital. LaVerne was the third child of eleven children born to Robert and Lucy (Humphrey) Lane. She was born on February 13, 1939 in Cape Giradeau, Missouri. As a young girl LaVerne lived in Memphis, Tennessee and St. Louis, Missouri. She...
Harold Hermann
Jan 4, 2017
Harold Hermann Harold Hermann, age 73 of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on January 3, 2017, at his home. He was born April 30, 1943, near Harris, Kansas, the son of Albert John and Mary Catherine (Wilper) Hermann. Harold graduated from Westphalia High School with Class of 1961. Harold married Pauline Foltz on February 12, 1966 at Garnett, Kansas; this union...
Carolyn O'Dell
Jan 3, 2017
Carolyn O’Dell, age 73, of Greeley, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, January 3, 2017, at Guest Home Estates in Garnett, Kansas. Carolyn Geraldine Gilner was born on January 7, 1943 in Hackensack, New Jersey. She was the fourth of nine children born to James P. and Beatrice T. (Lickteig) Gilner. Her family moved to Greeley, Kansas in 1947, where she...
Glen E Weldin
Jan 2, 2017
Glen Edward Weldin, age 101, of Colony, Kansas, passed away on Monday, January 2, 2017, at the Anderson County Hospital, Garnett, Kansas. He was born March 3, 1915, at Tonganoxie, Kansas, the son of Edward and Laura (Hamilton) Weldin. Glen married Carol Fay Spencer in December 1934 at Erie, Kansas. This union was blessed with two children. They settled on...
Shannon Garber
Jan 2, 2017
Shannon Garber, age 60, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, January 2, 2017, at Overland Park Regional Medical Center, Overland Park, Kansas. She was born February 28, 1956 at Hays, Kansas, the daughter of Robert Glen and Maxine Pearl (Sims) Bowlin. She graduated from Chapman High School with the Class of 1974 at Chapman, Kansas. Shannon married Leslie Garber...
Vernon "Slug" B. Ellis
Jan 1, 2017
Vernon "Slug" Ellis, age 70, died in the comfort of his home in La Cygne, Kansas on Monday, December 18, 2017 surrounded by family. He was born on January 13, 1947 in Escondido, California to Vernon and Kay (Singer) Ellis. Slug grew up around the Beagle and Greeley area where he helped his parents in their grocery store cutting meat....
Lloyd "Jones" E. Sutton
Jan 1, 2017
Lloyd Ermon "Jones" Sutton, Jr., age 75, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, July 5, 2017, at St. Luke's Plaza, Kansas City, Missouri. He was born January 27, 1942, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Lloyd E. Sutton Sr. and Alberta Josephine Flores. Lloyd began working for Hank Doering Sr. at Double H Ranch after his sophomore year for...
Eugene "Gene" Roy Friesen
Jan 1, 2017
Eugene Roy Friesen, age 78, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, December 12, 2017, at Olathe Hospice House in Olathe, Kansas. Gene was born on December 28, 1938 in Lincoln, Nebraska. He was the third of four children born to Benjamin and Isabel (Witter) Friesen. He grew up in Kansas City, Missouri. He graduated from Paseo High School with...
Donald Dale "Duck" Fulton
Jan 1, 2017
Donald Dale “Duck” Fulton, age 62, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on Friday, September 29, 2017, at Windsor Place in Iola. Duck was one of ten children born to Loyal Eugene and Imogene (McCullough) Fulton. He was born on August 17, 1955 in Iola, Kansas. Duck grew up in Iola and lived in Gas City and Mildred all of his...
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